- Description: Simon Gandolfi is an English writer and long-distance motorcyclist who has covered over 110,000 km (68,000 miles) on solo, unsupported rides across the Americas and India, all on small 125 cc motorcycles. Between 2007 and 2008, at the age of 73, he rode from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego via Central and South America - 34,000 km (21,000 miles) - on a 125 cc Honda. Between April and December 2009 he completed the return journey from Tierra del Fuego to New York - 46,000 km (29,000 miles) - on the same motorcycle. He subsequently rode across India twice: 18,000 km (11,000 miles) in 2010-2011 on a Honda Stunner 125, and 16,000 km (9,900 miles) in 2013 around his 80th birthday on a TVS Phoenix 125
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Britannico, Britannique
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gandolfi
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20631094
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gandolfi, Simon. Old Man on a Bike. HarperCollins, 2008. Gandolfi, Simon. Old Men Can't Wait. Shuvvy Press, 2011.
- Description: Rickey Gates, the American ultrarunner and explorer, is known for his epic journeys on foot and by bicycle
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1981-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: http://www.rickeygates.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81220072
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gates, Rickey. 2020. Cross Country: a 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America. La Vergne: Chronicle Books LLC.
In 2017 Salomon athlete, photographer and writer, Rickey Gates ran from South Carolina to San Francisco - a journey of 3700 miles over the course of five months.
- Description: Gianni Ghisla is a motorcyclist who has curated a book where he has encapsulated his experiences gained on roads across the world: Sguardi sul mondo is dedicated to all curious and open-minded individuals who are moved by wonders, both those around the corner and those encountered while traveling: the people, the little things, the enchanting landscapes, the miracles created by human civilization
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.salvioni.ch/product/sguardi-sul-mondo
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ghisla, Gianni. Sguardi Sul Mondo : Come Meravigliarsi Viaggiando in Motocicletta Dal Ticino in Capo Al Mondo. Bellinzona: Salvioni, 2018.
- Description: Pat Garrod is a British physician and long-distance motorcyclist. Between 1998 and October 2002, he and his wife Vanessa Lewis completed a 160,000 km (100,000 miles) round-the-world ride on a 1991 BMW R100GS. After the circumnavigation, the couple crossed Africa twice more by motorcycle; one north-to-south traversal in 2006 covered more than 20,000 km (12,000 miles), and Garrod's travel log records over 105,000 km (65,000 miles) ridden in Africa alone. He recounted the four-year circumnavigation in his 2010 book Bearback - The World Overland
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.theworldoverland.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17505103
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Garrod, Pat. Bearback - The World Overland. Leicester: Troubador Press, 2010.
- Description: Emma Rowena Gatewood was a notable hiker. In 1955, at the age of 67, she became the first woman to hike the 3'489 kilometers (2'168 miles) of the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, in one season and solo. She repeated this feat in 1960 and 1963, also walking the Oregon Trail and visiting every continental state in the United States on foot
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Grandma Gatewood
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1887-1973
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Gatewood
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595463
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gatewood Sullivan L., Rowena Caldwell Gatewood E., Pagyn Alexander, Grandma Gatewood walks across America, Pine Needle Press, 1993.
- Description: KeepBrave is Paola Gianotti's venture: around the world by bike to conquer the Guinness World Record
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.keepbrave.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Paola Gianotti, Sognando l’infinito, Come ho fatto il giro del mondo in bicicletta, Piemme, 2015.
Giro del mondo in bici: Paola Gianotti ce l’ha fatta. Per la crisi ha chiuso l’azienda, l’8 marzo è partita, oggi è tornata nella sua Ivrea. E’ la seconda donna a riuscirci: 144 giorni e 29.430 chilometri.
- Description: Robert Garside entered the Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. He left on October 20, 1997, from New Delhi (India), and returned there on June 13, 2003, after covering 30'000 miles and crossing 29 countries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Runningman
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.robertgarside.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7344684
- Description: John Paul Gerber was an author, historian, librarian, and motorcyclist. Enthusiastic about European scooters such as Vespas, Lambrettas, and Heinkels, he amassed over 412,000 km (about 256,000 mi) of travel across five continents. He rode his first scooter at age 14 and had covered almost 40,000 km in North America by age 21. In 1966, he undertook a roughly 18,000 km round trip from Minnesota to Panama on a Vespa GS 160. In 1971, he completed a solo journey of 40,000 km from Wisconsin down the east coast of South America to Tierra del Fuego, and back up the west coast; his trip toward Alaska was cut short due to a collision in Hayward, California
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1945–2010
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Gerber
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252201
- Description: Giovanni Giarrana walked the route from Horgen to Agrigento, his hometown, as a protest against war, racism, and pollution
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1944-2015
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giorgetti E., Da Horgen ad Agrigento a piedi. Giovanni Giarrana, 65 anni, ha varcato ieri il confine a Chiasso, Corriere del Ticino, 04.06.2009.
Giovanni Giarrana: un militante infaticabile. Con tristezza il sindacato Unia ha appreso la scomparsa dell’amico e militante sindacale di lunga data Giovanni Giarrana. Il suo impegno per il nostro sindacato, dove in passato aveva ricoperto la carica di copresidente della commissione dei migranti, è stato per anni infaticabile. Solo nel marzo scorso aveva partecipato per Unia a Tunisi al Forum sociale mondiale, dove aveva organizzato un gruppo di lavoro sul tema dei profughi che arrivano sulle coste della Sicilia, sua isola natale.
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